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54.
Zhang Xinjie didn't go out much this offseason. The first time he went out was to the airport, and he was called by the national team to gather in City B.
In fact, as soon as the season ended, they received a notification from the alliance headquarters. The first Glory World Invitational Tournament was held in Zurich. The General Administration of Sports established a national team and selected members from the entire alliance's 20 teams.
Tyranny has undoubtedly become the team with the most recruited players in the entire league. The manager even joked that if Lin Jingyan hadn't publicly announced his retirement, he might be among the candidates.
The fact is indeed true, no matter how outsiders ridicule Tyranny for "a bunch of old bones cut salaries to form a group", Tyranny still has the most star-studded lineup.
But Han Wenqing just glanced at the notification, then threw the thin piece of paper aside and said, "I won't go."
"Old Han?" Zhang Jiale was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief, "Why?"
"How can I have this energy? Is Tyranny's business not enough for me?"
Zhang Jiale stared at Han Wenqing dumbfounded, and after a while turned his face to Zhang Xinjie who was aside.
But Zhang Xinjie just glanced at him indifferently, without any intention of persuading him.
"Okay, whatever you want..." Zhang Jiale sighed, and joked casually, "Why do I think you're just like an old man at the door?"
Han Wenqing wasn't angry at all, he just said lightly: "Then I'll watch the door for you—you fight hard outside, don't embarrass Tyranny."
"It's not natural," Zhang Jiale chuckled, "If you don't fight well this time, you won't just lose Tyranny's face."
Han Wenqing nodded, then seemed to think of something, and added: "Don't torment yourself, you have to play next season."
Zhang Jiale burst out laughing with a "puchi", and stretched out his hand to pat Zhang Xinjie on the shoulder: "You should feel sorry for this one first! Maybe the whole national team brought a healer this time, and Comrade Xiao Zhang has to play to the fullest." All games..."
Han Wenqing froze for a moment, then looked up at Zhang Xinjie, but the other party just shrugged noncommittally.But Zhang Jiale shut his mouth in a timely manner at this moment, and beckoned the manager to leave the office.
"Hey, what should I tell the Alliance..." The manager was dragged out by Zhang Jiale, and he didn't forget to turn around and ask Han Wenqing.
"Just say that my energy is limited and I want to focus on Tyranny's affairs."
The manager was completely dragged away by Zhang Jiale, only Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie were left looking at each other in the office, neither of them said a word first.
"This is obviously the manager's office, but he was dragged out instead." Finally, Han Wenqing teased himself, and Zhang Xinjie looked at him with a sad look in his pupils for the first time.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Han Wenqing felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, and inexplicably felt like a tiger behind an iron fence was being stared at by a breeder.
"Why don't you go? Focus on Tyranny, and don't be in a hurry right now?"
"Do you really want me to go?" Han Wenqing frowned, looking unhappy, "To be honest, there isn't much left for me to do for Tyranny...Don't say anything else, now Lao Lin is retiring. Now, we have to quickly find someone to take over Leng Anlei. If we give up this role, it means that our entire tactical system has to be adjusted. With tactics, you are under too much pressure."
Zhang Xinjie basically didn't listen to the lengthy monologue in the second half. He repeated the phrase "I thought Tyranny didn't have much to do", walked behind Han Wenqing, and put his hands on his shoulders: "You What is it called? Rabbit dead and fox sad? Since Lin Jingyan retired, you are also worried about your future?"
Han Wenqing gave a wry smile and shook his head: "My heart is in Tianshan, and I am old in Cangzhou... To be honest, I have been worried about my future for a long time. If you ask me if I want to go to the national team, of course I want to go. But I want to win a championship in Tyranny, if I can't do it, I will do something for Tyranny..."
Zhang Xinjie didn't speak, he bent down, put his arms down on Han Wenqing's chest, and gently hugged him.
Han Wenqing took his arm, squeezed it lightly, and continued: "You and Zhang Jiale can go to the World Invitational, and I will help you watch the home court. When you come back, no matter whether we win or lose, we will Take a break and come back next season."
"Okay," Zhang Xinjie replied softly in his ear, "I will try my best to play, no matter which arena I am on, I will not let you down."
"I've never been disappointed in you—whether it's the ten-game winning streak in the regular season or the first round of the playoffs. We are a team, and winning or losing is not just the responsibility of one person."
Zhang Xinjie smiled softly, and finally got interested in making fun of Han Wenqing: "Didn't you ever disappoint me in the fourth season? At that time, who kept saying that I would be sent back to the youth training camp?"
"It's just scaring you, can you still take it seriously?"
Han Wenqing turned his head, with a look of dumbfounding on his face.Zhang Xinjie blinked slyly, leaned over and kissed Han Wenqing's lips lightly.
Han Wenqing finally laughed too, and raised his hand to caress the back of Zhang Xinjie's head: "Can you help me rub my shoulders?"
Zhang Xinjie immediately stood up straight, and put his hands on his shoulders again: "Where to rub?"
"That's it...yes, it's here... You have to work harder, haven't you eaten lunch? Hey, take it easy! Why don't you know how to strike?"
It wasn't until Han Wenqing drove Zhang Jiale and Zhang Xinjie to the airport that Zhang Jiale was pleasantly surprised to find that Han Wenqing turned out to be a "car owner": "I'll go, when did you buy the car? Why have I never seen you drive..."
"I've bought it for a long time, but I haven't driven it much... I usually take the team bus, and I don't go out much during the offseason."
"The last time I sent Lao Lin off, I didn't see you drive it..." Zhang Jiale murmured softly.
Han Wenqing fell into silence, held the steering wheel for a while, and said slowly: "Old Lin said he didn't have much luggage, so he had to take a taxi by himself..."
"It's a good thing he didn't say he wouldn't let us send..."
Zhang Jiale sighed, looked out of the car window, stared blankly into the air for a while, then stretched out his hand to roll down the car window.
Fresh air poured into the car, refreshing everyone's spirits.
"Is the air in Zurich particularly good?" Zhang Jiale asked abruptly.
"do not know."
"Never been."
Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie answered one after the other.Zhang Jiale was bored, but he wasn't annoyed. Instead, he turned his head and joked at Han Wenqing, "Old Han, if we make it to the finals, come to Zurich to watch our match."
Han Wenqing responded shortly, "See if you are free."
Zhang Jiale sighed, and changed the subject: "Leng Anlei's heir...do you have any ideas?"
"I'm thinking about selecting from the training camp, the management intends to operate in the free market..."
"There aren't any decent rogue players in the free market right now?"
"That's what I worry about. It's not a problem to dig in other people's bowls. It's better to find a newcomer who knows everything, like Muyun, which is also reliable."
"Are there any decent seedlings in the youth training camp?"
Han Wenqing stopped talking, but Zhang Xinjie added from the side: "That's too bad, the uniform team has been discussing to hide Leng Anlei Xue for a year..."
Zhang Jiale was taken aback for a moment, then sighed faintly: "Don't hide yourself..."
Obviously, Zhang Xinjie's words brought back some past events that he didn't want to mention, but the other party's attitude was very firm: "No, Tyranny's current team building idea is very clear, at least until the captain retires, our 'trinity' offensive and defensive system Nothing will change. The position of Leng Anlei can be left to Qiying first, but he will return sooner or later."
"What about Lao Han after he retires?" Zhang Jiale blinked and asked narrowly.
But Zhang Xinjie's expression remained calm: "At that time, Tyranny's tactical system will be adjusted a lot, but the foundation we have laid now will not change, nor will Tyranny's spirit -- Tyranny will always be the Korean team. The team will still be like this 100 years from now.”
Zhang Jiale stopped talking and walked all the way to the airport in silence.
In front of the terminal building, before he had time to say "don't send it off" to Han Wenqing, he turned his head and saw Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie embracing each other, as if stuck by glue, which left him dumbfounded.
"Ahem...you two, keep a low profile, I'm almost blinded by you..."
"You don't care about me," Han Wenqing finally let go of his hand, and gave him a blank look, "When you get to City B, you can hug whoever you like, and I promise I won't care about you."
"Fuck! How come you even know?"
Han Wenqing ignored him, and moved the two people's luggage out of the trunk without saying a word, while Zhang Xinjie smiled calmly, and replied: "Many people know... Is it necessary to keep this kind of thing secret? "
Zhang Jiale was stunned for a long while before swallowing the choked breath, and gritted his teeth indignantly: "No, I have to reveal the truth before I'm reconciled—do you know that Ye Xiu and Wang Jiexi are having an affair?"
Han Wenqing trembled and almost dropped the suitcase on the ground: "When did it happen?"
Zhang Xinjie was also stunned: "Really?"
Zhang Jiale chuckled: "It's been a while...the two broke up when Ye Xiu retired, and I don't know when they got back together...how was it? Was it a surprise? Was it unexpected? Was it exciting?"
The corner of Han Wenqing's mouth twitched: "It's so exciting..."
Zhang Xinjie also joked: "I was so scared that I lost my glasses."
"Really?" Zhang Jiale still had that grinning look on his face, "It's a good thing that Lao Ye has retired, otherwise the national team would see their flashes every day, and the sunglasses would be out of stock!"
"Okay, okay," Han Wenqing waved his hands helplessly, "Both of you hurry up and go through the security check, don't miss the plane."
"Well," Zhang Xinjie nodded, walked up to Han Wenqing again, and hugged him again, "Take care of yourself."
"Understood, I wish you a triumphant return."
"Hey, where's my sunglasses? Blind, blind..."
"Shut up you!"
After watching the two pass the security check, Han Wenqing returned to the car and started the car slowly.He has seen off his teammates countless times at the airport, and this is the time when he felt the most relaxed - he knew that the flight would take Zhang Xinjie and Zhang Jiale away, but it would also bring new glory back to him one day in the future.
Tyranny's path will never stop here.
A year later, under the leadership of veteran Han Wenqing, Tyranny finally won their second championship. In the same year, Han Wenqing retired, and the captain's duties were handed over to Zhang Xinjie.
Zhang Jiale, who finally embraced the glory of the champion, was not in a hurry to retire. He stayed and played for another year, helping Tyranny to smoothly pass through the transition period between the old and the new.
Zhang Xinjie has been the captain for six years. In the No.15 season, he led Tyranny to win the third championship. Two years later, Zhang Xinjie, who had played for [-] years, finally announced his retirement. He had already taken over as captain of Tyranny. Song Qiying who became the mainstay of the alliance.
In the No.20 season, Tyranny, who once fell out of the playoffs, came back under the leadership of Song Qiying. In the No.20 season, Tyranny defeated Excellent Era in the finals and won the championship again.
21 years, four championships, the story is good enough.
This was a duel that could be recorded in the annals of history. Tyranny's legendary career began with defeating Excellent Era in four seasons. Now, with the passage of time, they have returned to this starting point and forged a new glory.
In the auditorium, Zhang Xinjie leaned his head on Han Wenqing's shoulder and said with a smile, "This time Qiying has three rings—one more than us."
Han Wenqing looked down at him, and then smiled, "We have three too."
Zhang Xinjie gave a startled smile, and laughed out loud: "If the wedding ring is also counted, then should I also count the ring from the World Invitational?"
"Then it's boring..."
"I think it's quite interesting...Glory has been passed down from generation to generation, and our older generation players are also honored..."
"Okay, I know you have too many rings," Han Wenqing interrupted him roughly, and lowered his head to kiss his forehead, "Is it okay to call you Lord of the Rings from now on?"
"Isn't that bad? There are quite a few people who have more rings than me..."
"That's none of my business? I only care about you and Tyranny."
Zhang Xinjie smiled and didn't speak any more. They embraced and kissed each other in the dimly lit auditorium, where the spotlights of the champions couldn't shine. Like all cliché stories, they finally had the best ending. .
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